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Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan’s century-old formulas for π (pi), once seen as pure curiosities of number theory are now revealing deep links to fundamental physics, potentially helping ...

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IISc physicists discovered that Ramanujan’s classic π-formulas arise naturally in modern theories describing critical phenomena and black holes. The connection suggests his early mathematics may have ...

More than a hundred years ago, long before anyone imagined supercomputers or black hole simulations, legendary Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan wrote down a set of formulas to calculate the ...

In Brookline, at the corner of Beacon and Washington Street, shiny SUVs pull up to a nondescript yellow building. Kids hurry out of the cars, and teachers usher them through the building’s glass doors ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. To the editor: The importance of math literacy cannot be overstated (“Math crisis began a decade ago and has only ...

Canadian artist Katie Stelmanis has announced a new album as Austra, her first since 2020’s HiRUDiN. Chin Up Buttercup is due out November 14 via Domino. She co-produced it with Kieran Adams, taking ...

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. At the turn of the 20th century, the renowned mathematician David Hilbert had a grand ambition to bring a more rigorous, mathematical ...